Hinchcliffe Leads Day 1 of Event #30: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em

Event #30: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em attracted 2,150 runners to the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, but after 11 levels of play, just 235 remained. Of those, 216 will earn a portion of the $1,935,900 prize pool, with the eventual winner taking home $353,391. The man with the best shot at it right now is Chris Hinchcliffe, who bagged up a healthy lead with 206,000.

Among those to take a shot and fall on Day 1 were Greg Raymer, James Woods, Dominik Nitsche, Carlos Mortensen, Mo Nuwwarah, Joe Kuether, Mike Leah, and PokerNews legal contributor Maurice "Mac" VerStandig, who recently penned a piece on drunkards who attempt to sue casinos in a vain attempt to recoup their loses.

VerStandig fell late in the evening when he got his short stack all in preflop holding . His opponent held suited, and an ace on the flop put an end to VerStandig's long day.

While many fell, plenty of notable advanced to Day 2 including Aditya Prasetyo (103,900), Joe Tehan (91,300), Shaun Deeb (73,100), Antonio Esfandiari (70,100), and Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier (49,500).

Top 10 Day 1 Chip Counts

Place	Player	Count
1	Chris Hinchcliffe	206,000
2	DJ Mackinnon	164,500
3	Ilkin Amirov	160,000
4	Brian Brunner	147,200
5	Timothy Stearns	139,200
6	Bruce Angeski	133,900
7	Shannon Shorr	122,000
8	Kyle Weir	121,200
9	Michael Kamran	120,100
10	Shawn Stroke	107,500

Day 2 will kick off at 1 p.m. local time inside the Amazon Room.